The Hotel Metropole was designed by Leeds-based architects Harry Sutton Chorley and J.W. Connon and opened on King Street in the city centre in 1899. It’s a Grade II listed building, principally because of its Victorian terracotta facade but you need to look up to enjoy its treasures. The cupola on the roof was taken from the demolished 4th White Cloth Hall, built in 1868 on the same site. The hotel served as the fictional 'Marble Arch Hotel' in the hit 1991 mini-series The Darling Buds of May. The hotel was renovated in 2005, at a cost of £6 million by owners Principal Hayley Group who changed its name to the trendier sounding The Met. It boasts four stars and has 120 rooms. READ MORE: 28 Leeds restaurants you may remember from the 1990s LOVE LEEDS? LOVE NOSTALGIA? Join Leeds Retro on facebook YEP NEWSLETTER: Sign up for our free monthly email digest of Leeds nostalgia

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The set cost for three courses and coffee was just £7.75, including service and VAT - and you could help yourself to as much as you could eat! Photo: YPN

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November 1986 and the cleaned up exterior of the Metropole's frontage revealed its attractive brickwork. Photo: YPN

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The Metropole was the venue for the Leeds Chamber of Commerce 150th anniversary lunch in September 2001. Photo: Peter Langford

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The Women's Circle meeting at the Metropole in December 1970. Pictured, from left, are Gertrude Hart, Alice Atkin, Julie Greenleaf, the National Dairy Queen, 1970, cutting the Women's Circle Christmas cake; Edward Elfes, Rosemary Sloan, dairy produce adviser for the Milk Marketing Board, Laura Crowther and Eric Nunns. Photo: YPN

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A three day course in first aid was held at the Metropole by the British Safety Council in conjunction with the West Yorkshire branch of the British Red Cross Society in May 1972. Pictured is David Turner preparing to give the kiss of life to Society member Evelyn Waddington. He was due to be followed by Peter Watson, left, and John Fitzpatrick. Photo: YPN
